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From learning how and where your fresh produce is grown, to how Markon keeps it safe and delicious along the way, and what creative preparations are on-trend— our Get Inspired blogs will reinvigorate your passion for produce.
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Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)
Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs, are the FDA guidelines for minimum sanitary and safety requirements to be used while growing...
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, or HACCP, is a systematic approach to food safety within a facility. It focuses on...
Cured vs Fresh-Run Onions
Fresh-run onions exhibit light color and flaky skin, while typical cured storage-onion characteristics include globe-like shape, firm texture, dark skin,...
Bloom Drop
Bloom drop, or as it’s sometimes called—blossom drop, is when the bloom or flower of a vine crop (cucumbers, melons,...
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
An IPM system seeks to implement socially responsible and economically feasible methods of reducing agricultural pests and promoting sustainable agriculture...
Sustainability
The goal of sustainability in the agricultural and foodservice industries is to meet the public’s food needs without compromising future...
Tip Toe Back Into Innovation
Comfort foods clearly dominated restaurant delivery and pick-up orders during 2020. Now that customers are back to in-house dining, they...
Hand-Held Options
Hand-held snacks and sandwiches are experiencing a surge in global creativity. Tacos, toasts, banh mi, and jianbing…wrapped, stacked, and folded!...
Fresh, Healthy, & Convenient
As more customers return to dining out, labor shortages are leaving operators less time for back of house prep. Budgets...
Fruit Forward
Until recently, vegetables have claimed the spotlight in the meat-free and flexitarian segments—but fresh fruits are making a play for...
Plant-Based Explosion
First there were vegetarians, then vegans, followed by flexitarians…and now the diet gaining the most traction is known as climatarianism....
